Carboy container



NOV. 20, 1934. p A, RQSSA 1,981,812

CARBOY CONTAINER Filed May 10, 1952 INVENTOR Pefer' Anfhony Rossa Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE CARBOY CONTAINER,

Application May 10,1932, Serial No. 610,360 3 Claims. (Cl. 21753) This invention relates to carboy-holders, and has for its object to provide a new and-improved carboy-holder, which combines lower manufacturing costs with a higher efiiciency in its use, in so far, as it reduces the likelihood of a carboy breaking to a minimum, and prevents, in the case of such breaking, the complete loss of the liquid from the carboy-bottle, and the soiling of the floor on which the carboy-holder is standing, by leaking of the liquids.

In order to obtain such superior results, I have devised a new and improved carboy-holder, which comprises a box-like, or barrel-like container of any convenient shape, having a liquidproof inner coating, which will prevent the leaking-out of any liquid in case that the carboybottle within this container should become cracked or completely broken in consequence of careless handling, or for any other reason.

This inner lining is preferably made up from an'acid-resistant composition of matter, if the carboy-bottle is to contain an acid or corrosive liquid, and the said lining is made sufficiently soft to withstand shocks without cracking. To this end the lining may be made of a mixture of pitch and tar, or paraffin, or resin and oil, with an inert material, such as asbestos, mineral-wool, or glass-wool, silica, talcum, fireclay, sulphur, graphite, or the like.

Another important feature of the new and improved carboy-holder consists in the arrangement of special positioning members, holdingv the carboy-bottle securely in the exact center of the carboy-holder, thus reducing the needed size of the carboy-holder, and consequently reducing likewise the amount of needed packingmaterial, and reducing further the space taken by the carboy-holder, but increasing the safety of the carboy-bottle in spite of such reductions, relative to the carboy-holder. The arrangement of the carboy positioning members, by preventing anyv sagging of the carboy-bottle within its container, and by preventing it further from shifting side wise from its central position, eliminates completely the trouble experienced in the older constructions of carboy-holders, that the seal round the neck of thecarboy-bottle is loosened, or broken in the course of prolonged use of the carboy-holder, whereby water and acidspillings might enter the container. 7

The said positioning members may be of any suitable material, such as rubber, cork, or wood provided with a facing of rubber or the like; or they may be formed by a compact body made up of some of the packing materials named above, but bonded with a suitable material, such as rubber-cement, collodion, sodium-silicate,

pitch, etc.

When corks are used, which I have found to be a particularly suitable and inexpensive material, then these corks are preferably paraffined.

A further distinct improvement, relative to the said carboy, resides in the provision of a top-cover, or cap member, which serves the double purpose of protecting the mouth or neckv portion of the carboy-bottle, according to the requirement of the standard regulations of transportation, and serving at the same time as a medium, or means, for'tilting the said carboy to the proper position in discharging the contents-of the same.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a vertical, diagonal section through a carboy-holder, and cap-member, showing the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is an elevational side view of the capmember and tilting device, forming a part of my complete carboy invention.

Figure 3 is a top view of the device shown in Figure 2; while Figure 4 showsthe said cap-member arranged ,in connection with the carboy proper for tilting the latter. 1

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the carboy proper is illustrated in Figure 1, as a slightly bulged barrel made of st'aves, which are held together by hoops, although the said carboy-holder may be given any convenient form or shape.

In the shown embodiment, the container consists of the slightly curved'or bulged staves 1,

which are held together by the hoops 2, while 3 sage of the neck 5 of the carboy bottle 6. The barrel-like circumferential part 1 of the container, the-bottom 3 and the lid 4 are provided at the inside of the containerwith a lining '7.

The space between "the said lining 7, and the carboy-bottle 6 is'filled with the above described filling material 8, and has arranged therein the, 'cork'or other positioning members 9. The filling material may be either uniform in its nature throughout the whole space to be filled, or it may be arranged in alternating horizontal layers, in which case the layers surrounding the positioning members should consist of a somewhat more solid materialrwhereas the other layers may consist of a more fluffy material, in order to reduce the weight of the carboy-holder as much as possible.

The assembling of the carboy-bottle with the carboy-holder proceeds preferably in the following manneri "re in)! First the united circumferential parts 1 and the bottom 3 of the container are provided with a lining 7; then the hoops 2 of the barrel or keg are loosened, one or more corks, generally not less than three corks 9, are placed on the bottom; the zonolite or other filling material 8 is packed around the bottom corks; the bottle 6 is placed on top of the bottom corks, some more zonolite or other filling material is packed around the bottle 6, until a height of a few inches from the bottom of the bottle has been reached.

Then again a set of positioning corks 9, gener ally three of them, are laid, approximately symmetrically distributed, between the bottle and the lining, whereupon the packing with, for instance, zonolite is resumed. At the height of one or more inches below the shoulder of the bottle a set of three or more corks 9 are again inserted, the packing of filling material continued, and finally the container is sealed with a layer of tar-paper, or card-board, covered by a layer of lining material 7, and closed by the lid l.

The hoops 2 are thereafter tightened by hammering them towards the central zone of thevbelly of the barrel or keg. This results in the corks 9 being wedged or pressed more tightly between the carboy-bottle and the container, in which connection the corks themselves are held fast in their respective places partly by the packing material, partly by their increased friction on the bottle and partly by being depressed slightly into the adhesive lining. In the case of a vaulted container, as shown, it is another advantage, that the pressure exerted by the staves,

on tightening the hoops, will be directed slightly downward on the upper set of thecircumferential positioning corks, and slightly upward on the lower .set of the circumferential positioning corks, which results into one downward and one upward pressure-component on the bottle, besides the large horizontal pressure-components, thus holding the bottle firmly in its central place vertically as well as horizontally.

Important features of the present invention are the shape, height and thickness of the corks. Thus the shape of the corks at the bottom must be such that they are able to carry safely the full weight of the filled carboy-bottle without sagging down in case of a sudden downwardly directed pressure or shock on the top of the barrel or keg, and the neck of the bottle must protrude above the top of the barrel or keg for 'a suitable distance to facilitate pouring operations.

The shape of the circumferential corks must I be such, that they will pass through the opening between the bottle and the keg, when the hoops are loosened, but will be wedged firmly in said opening when the hoops are tightened.

I do not therefore, in the above respect, limit myself to separate relatively small cork-members, but may also use specially formed larger members of suitable material, such as for instance clo-sed or slotted rings, half-rings, or ringsections of suitable'dimensions to support and surround greater or smaller parts of the glass bottle.

, scope'of the present invention likewise its application to containers having a multicornered cross-section, or box-form.

The tilting member, or cap proper, which has been'designated 11, consists of a box-shaped member, of form somewhat like a rocking cradle.

The said cap is made with straight side and end walls, 12 and 13, respectively, and with a cylindrically shaped bottom-part 14; the latter making the tilting of the said carboy possible, when the said carboy is placed on the said cap member, as shown in Figure 4. This cap member has further upon its sides 12 been formed with reduced, substantially rounded, portions 15, suitable for fitting the body of the said carboy, when tilting the latter.

In order, however, to give sufficient protection to the said carboy-bottle, and especially the neckportion thereof when in transportation, two somewhat rounded members 16 fitting the reduced portions 15 of the sides 12 are secured in any suitable manner to the said carboy and cap, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, during shipment.

As one cap member, formed in the manner described, may serve as a tilting medium in a number of instances, the said cap members do not necessarily all have to be provided with the re duced portions 15, but may be formed with straight side walls, if desired, in the majority of cases.

In order to lend strength to the said cap member, two rods 17, secured by nuts 18, are connecting the sides. 12 of the said cap together, as shown in Figure 3.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not therefore Wish to limit myself to the exact construction and arrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

l. A carboy-holder, comprising in combination a container, adapted to surround a carboy-bottle at some distance from itself, a liquid-proof lining on the inner side of the wall of the container, carboy-positioning members arranged between the container-lining and the carboy-bottle, a light voluminous packing material filled in the space between the container-lining and the carboybottle, a cap member covering the top portion of the said carboy-bottle, the said cap member being formed with straightside and end-walls, and with a cylindrically shaped bottom portion.

- 2. A carboy-holder, comprising in combination bottle, a cap member covering thetop portion of the said carboy-bottle, the said cap member having straight side-walls formed with reduced portions of a rounded shape therein, straight endwalls and a cylindrically shaped bottom portion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A carboy-holder, comprising in combination a container adapted to receive a carboy-bottle, the said container having a liquid-proof lining, buffer-members arranged between the latter and the said carboy-bottle and being somewhat embeddedin the liquid-proof lining, filling material disposed in the saidcontainer, a cap covering the latter, the said cap being formed with a rounded bottom surface and having reduced side-portions for receiving the said container in a tilting position, substantially as shown and described.

PETERANTHONY ROSSA. 

